At The Cedars Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDDBB F BG BBGBHH GGIIJJJGGG KIILMLNOGB PPGGQQRRSSTT AUAUGCV ABABWXXW AYBGC

You had two girls BaptisteA
One is VirginieB
Hold hard BaptisteA
Listen to meC
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The whole drive was jammedD
In that bend at the CedarsE
The rapids were dammedD
With the logs tight rammedD
And crammed you might knowB
The Devil had clinched them belowB
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We worked three days not a budgeF
'She's as tight as a wedge on the ledge '-
Says our foremanB
'Mon Dieu boys look hereG
We must get this thing clear '-
He cursed at the menB
And we went for it thenB
With our cant dogs arowG
We just gave he yo hoB
When she gave a big shoveH
From aboveH
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The gang yelled and toreG
For the shoreG
The logs gave a grindI
Like a wolf's jaws behindI
And as quick as a flashJ
With a shove and a crashJ
They were down in a mashJ
But I and ten moreG
All but Isa c DufourG
Were ashoreG
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He leaped on a log in the front of the rushK
And shot out from the bindI
While the jam roared behindI
As he floated alongL
He balanced his poleM
And tossed us a songL
But just as we cheeredN
Up darted a log from the bottomO
Leaped thirty feet square and fairG
And came down on his ownB
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He went up like a blockP
With the shockP
And when he was thereG
In the airG
Kissed his handQ
To the landQ
When he droppedR
My heart stoppedR
For the first logs had caught himS
And crushed himS
When he rose in his placeT
There was blood on his faceT
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There were some girls BaptisteA
Picking berries on the hillsideU
Where the river curls BaptisteA
You know on the still sideU
One was down by the waterG
She saw Isa cC
Fall backV
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She did not scream BaptisteA
She launched her canoeB
It did seem BaptisteA
That she wanted to die tooB
For before you could thinkW
The birch cracked like a shellX
In that rush of hellX
And I saw them both sinkW
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BaptisteA
He had two girlsY
One is VirginieB
What God calls the otherG
Is not known to meC

Duncan Campbell Scott



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